Did enyone ever figure out the Coiler stiffness index

[Bobby Buggs]

Just wondering if Bruce ever told anyone what those #s represented. Like what does 7.0 mean. I dont remember

[bigdyno]

I think that number is how many times he has to hit Chuck Norris with the board to knock Chuck out. But don't tell Bruce that I told you.

[Neil Gendzwill]

Detailed description is here (http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=68792&postcount=15), but that's a few years old. Bruce recently posted in this thread (http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=24175) that metal construction is further complicating things.

The short of it is that the number only has meaning for one length of one model of a Coiler, so it's best to ask the original owner or Bruce what the number means for a particular board.

[NateW]

I think he posted it here a while back. This is from my notoriously unreliable memory (anyone remember my Rossi 196?) so take it with a grain of salt:

Place X kilos on the board, measure the deflection in centimeters, subtract that number from Y.

I'm not even going to speculate on what X and Y were. But if you search enough, you might find a post from him with a better description...

[Bobby Buggs]

Simple Please!!! for us Non Techno nerds:o

[Bobby Buggs]

I think that number is how many times he has to hit Chuck Norris with the board to knock Chuck out. But don't tell Bruce that I told you.

Dude!! get it right. That would Not be how many hits it took to knock out Chuck, it would be how many hits it took for the board to break.

[Neil Gendzwill]

Simple Please!!! for us Non Techno nerds:oSupport the board at either end at a standard distance above the floor, put a standard weight in the middle, measure how far above the floor the board is. The bigger the number, the stiffer, but you can't compare from one model to another or even one length to another. The link I posted explains the details.